rooibos wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:33 am
NikiGio wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:34 pm
That's right - if Brexit goes ahead, the EEA immigration route applications become obsolete in December 2020.
Are you positive about that? On a Facebook forum I've read the EEA route will close on the 29 March.
Yes, positive - the EEA immigration route applications will close on 31 December 2020, although this only applies if the Deal is approved.
So I should qualify it:
"If Brexit goes ahead *and the Deal is approved*, the EEA Immigration Route applications will close on 31 December 2020".
So if the Deal is approved, people can continue applying for, say, PR until December 2020.
In case of No Deal, the situation is more complex - I've asked one of the pro-bono lawyers at UKCEN as I'm not sure what the answer is.
The lawyer said that the HO has actually been silent on what happens to the EEA route applications in case of No Deal. However, they presume that they will close on 29 March 2019.
Those who already have EEA route documentation like PR need to exchange it for Settled Status and those with Residence Cards/RC need to apply for Pre-Settled Status by 31 December 2020.
The source of this last statement is p.4 of the No Deal Policy Paper in Citizens' rights, link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... eal-brexit